Hungarian Grammar For Beginners

Suffixes / Postpositions, Personal Forms Part 1

NOTE! The personal adverbs of place are formed from suffixes plus a possessive ending: bennem, rajtunk…Now we’re talking about the personal forms of the postpositions we’ve discussed in the previous entry: előtt, alatt…

These forms take a possessive endings just like the personal adverbs of place.

HOL? – WHERE?előttem – in front of meelőtted – in front of youelőtte – in front of him/her/itelőttünk – in front of uselőttetek – in front of youelőttük – in front of them

HOVA? – WHERE TO?elém – in front of meeléd – in front of youelé, eléje – in front of him/her/itelénk – in front of uselétek – in front of youeléjük – in front of them

Other options: to the front of me, to the front of you…

HONNAN? – WHERE FROM?előlem – from meelőled – from youelőle – from him/her/itelőlünk – from uselőletek – from youelőlük – from them

——————————————–

HOL? – WHERE?alattam – under mealattad – under youalatta – under him/her/italattunk – under usalattatok – under youalattuk – under them

HOVA? – WHERE TO?alám – under mealád – under youalá, alája – under him/her/italánk – under usalátok – under youalájuk – under them

Other options: below me, below you…

HONNAN? – WHERE FROM?alólam – from under mealólad – from under youalóla – from under him/her/italólunk – from under usalólatok – from under youalóluk – from under them

One comment on “Suffixes / Postpositions, Personal Forms Part 1”

20) elém – nem in front of me, de to the front of me. Hasonlóképpen: to the front of you …
alám – nemcsak under me, de lehet below me is. Hasonlóképpen: below you …
alólam – nemcsak from under me, de lehet from below me is. Hasonlóképpen: from below you…